Créditos
ARTISTAS INTÉRPRETES
Elton John
Canto
Davey Johnstone
Voces de fondo
Dee Murray
Bajo
Nigel Olsson
Batería
Ray Cooper
Percusión
COMPOSICIÓN Y LETRA
Elton John
Composición
Bernie Taupin
Autoría
PRODUCCIÓN E INGENIERÍA
Gus Dudgeon
Producción
GREG PENNY
Producción
Phil Dunne
Ingeniería de mezcla
Letra
[Verse 1]
I can hound you if I need to
Sip your brandy from a crystal shoe
In the corner
In the corner
While others climb reaching dizzy heights
The world's in front of me in black and white
I'm on the bottom line, woo
I'm on the bottom line, woo
[Verse 2]
I'd have a cardiac if I had such luck
Lucky losers, lucky losers
Landing on skid row
Landing on skid row
While the Diamond Jims and the King's Road pimps
Breathe heavy in their brand new clothes
I'm on the bottom line, woo
I'm on the bottom line
[Chorus]
And I gotta get a meal ticket
To survive, you need a meal ticket
To stay alive, you need a meal ticket
Feel no pain, no pain, no regret, no regret
When the line's been signed, you're someone else
Do yourself a favor, the meal ticket does the rest
[Verse 3]
Shake a hand if you have to
Trust in us and we will love you anyway
Anyway
Don't leave us stranded in the jungle
With fifty percent, that's hard to handle
Ain't that so? Woo
Ain't that so?
[Chorus]
And I gotta get a meal ticket
To survive, you need a meal ticket
To stay alive, you need a meal ticket
Feel no pain, no pain, no regret, no regret
When the line's been signed, you're someone else
Do yourself a favor, the meal ticket does the rest
Meal ticket
[Bridge]
Gotta get a meal ticket
[Chorus]
And I gotta get a meal ticket
To survive, you need a meal ticket
To stay alive, you need a meal ticket
Feel no pain, no pain, no regret, no regret
When the line's been signed, you're someone else
Do yourself a favor, the meal ticket does the rest
[Outro]
Meal ticket
Meal ticket
Meal ticket
Meal ticket
Meal ticket
Written by: Bernie Taupin, Elton John